Finally beat Hell house on Hard difficulty. Took me four tries. Nearly had him the third time but there must've been tonberrys out that I didn't see that killed everyone.
More important WHAT THE FUCK is with these optional side quests in wall market? I need to get Madam M's quests. Multilple online guides say 1) ignore Johnny, 2) Refuse the coin flip, 3) Pay for the expensive massage. I did all three and no fucking Madame M quests, which means I'm going to have to play this goddamn chapter again at some point just to get them. Ugh. Just saw a third guide that also says you need to choose the "It matters what I think" dialogue when talking about Aeriths dress. Jesus fuck. That means that if I want the last few sword scrolls for Cloud I would have to not only try this new combination of things, BUT ALSO beat Hell House AGAIN on hard, and then pray the combination worked. Bunch of bullshit.
Edit: and now a
fourth guide says something different. It says you ALSO say Tifa is great at "handling the books." But that you should pick Heads for the flip, which is contrary to all other guides. And that for Aerith's dress you should say Looks comfortable, also contrary. So if I compile all these methods into one complete guide for getting those extra quests and manuscripts its
Step 1) Go to wall market
Step 2) ??????
Step 3) Get spanked by Hard Hell House
Step 4) Profit!